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Eugène Boudin

The Beach, 1877

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 11 x 25.6 cm, 0.3 cm (4 5/16 x 10 1/16 in., 1/8 in.)

framed: 21.6 x 36.2 x 2.9 cm (8 1/2 x 14 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.14

Artists / Makers

Eugène Boudin (artist) French, 1824 - 1898

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Inscription

lower left: E. Boudin; lower right: Tll. [Trouville] 77.

Provenance

Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st viscount Rothermere [d.1940]; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 19 December 1941, no. 37); purchased by (Arthur Tooth and Sons, London and Paris) for Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.[2]

[1] Arthur Tooth records, volume XXI, London Branch Stock Inventory, p. 85 (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, accession no. 860679). There is a label from "Arthur Tooth & Sons" on the reverse of the painting, on the top bar of the cradle.

[2] According to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook, now in NGA archives; copy in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, Harold Sidney
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain
Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Arthur

Exhibition History

1942: Nineteenth Century French Paintings, National Gallery, London, 1942, no. 31 (probably).

1952: French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.

1956: Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956.

1961: French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 7, repro

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 18, repro

1989: Paintings by Eugène Boudin from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989, no cat.

2007: Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007, no cat.

2007: Eugene Boudin, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2007-2008, no cat.

Bibliography

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 42, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 10, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 443, no. 631, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 61, repro.